But the Eagles' program-builder got a big scare recently while awaiting the results of a June 11 biopsy on a large bump near his right nostril.

The biopsy revealed Tollett's condition was a basil cell carcinoma, caused by overexposure to sunlight, but highly treatable and not likely to spread if caught early enough. However, the location of Tollett's problem area was one of larger concern than most.

Tollett had the tumor removed a week later and, although he racked up 15 stitches, the prognosis is very good.

"They think they got it and they feel comfortable," Tollett said. "(The doctor) said it's not something I got this year. It was over time. You've got to keep that sun screen on because it just keeps building and building."

This likely started when Tollett was a kid, playing outside shirtless around his Punta Gorda home. His fair skin also likely played a part. No doubt his outdoor sport did.

It began manifesting itself last season with what Tollett thought was a pimple. But it kept growing and he finally decided to to get it diagnosed. Tollett almost always wears long-sleeved shirts during practices and day games, and said he has focused on being cautious. That will continue, but wearing a cap during workouts won't. He's changing to a wide-brimmed hat.

Sunscreen always has been available to Tollett's players. Doctors recommend at least a 15 SPF.

"We're constantly on them about it, but you know what? They were constantly on me about it too," Tollett said. "Sometimes you just don't do it."

Those times will change. Tollett has now included lots of sunscreen into his FGCU budget, and players applying it will be mandatory.

"We're going to buy some spray where they can spray it on and go because they don't like it on their fingers," Tollett said.

Swimming: FGCU coach Neal Studd and senior Danielle Beaubrun will continue their world travels as Team St. Lucia when the pair flies to London around July 20 for the Olympics that start a week later.

Studd coached Beaubrun to St. Lucia national records in the 100 breaststroke at the World Championships in China last summer and at the Pan Am Games in Mexico on Oct. 12, when her 1:10.63 time qualified her for the Olympics. She reset that record — as well as once again the 50-meter one — in Europe two months ago.

For Studd, a native of Great Britain who has led FGCU to four Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association titles in five years, learned of his Olympic appointment "a while back." This one hits a bit closer to home.

"It's very exciting to be in the Olympic Games anyway, but to be about 45 minutes away from where I grew up is even more special," Studd said.

Two months after the Pan Am Games, Beaubrun lost her mom, Karen, to cancer.

"That was really rough, but she's gotten back to where she was, if not a little bit better," Studd said. "She's really been working in the weight room. She's not taking classes this summer, dedicated herself to being a full-time swimmer."

The goal is for Beaubrun to make the Olympic semifinals, something Studd believes she can achieve.

Sophomore Karen Vilorio, who holds the Honduras national record in the 100 backstroke, will represent her native country in London. As he did at the Pan Am Games, Studd will keep an Eagle eye on her, but will leave the coaching to the national team.

Another Eagle is lurking in the waters. Fourth-year volunteer assistant Pavel Babaev, who grew up in Lehigh and swam for Studd when he was an assistant at Florida Atlantic, has been working with Studd since 2010. He currently has the country's fifth-fastest time in the 50 freestyle. Studd will join him for the U.S. Trials next week in Omaha, Neb.

"If he can drop his time in the Trials, it makes it really interesting," Studd said. "He's got a lot of ability and talent, and he's worked really hard. He's 29 years old — no spring chicken — so it's pretty exciting."

An excerpt from the top-25 class story: "Neal Studd has some built-in advantages when it comes to recruiting. First, there's that accent that distinguishes him from every other coach on the phone. Add in the appeal of Florida's gold coast and you've got it made — especially when you're searching the globe for talent. This year's class hails from Scotland, Denmark, Canada, and of course, Florida."

Said Studd: "Foreigners like FGCU for all the reasons most people like FGCU, but they don't have any aspirations of football teams or things like that. They're just looking for a great place to live and train and get a degree."

Women's Basketball: All six of Karl Smesko's incoming freshmen — several or many of whom could play immediate major roles for a team that lost six seniors from last season's Atlantic Sun regular-season and tournament championship runs — are on campus and enrolled in summer school.

Smesko and company — his staff remains intact — cannot work with the players, even in individual drills, till school starts. But their early jumps to FGCU were vital.

"It was important to bring them in here so they'd have a chance to get to know each other and at the same time get themselves physically prepared for this fall," Smesko said. "The big thing for the freshmen is getting physically ready to compete — the conditioning and strength parts of it.

"They came in excited and motivated."

Whitney Knight, a 6-foot-3 combo guard and All-Atlantic Sun Freshman Team member after last season, is the lone Eagle staying all summer.

"Whitney's going to have to help them out," Smesko said. "It will be good for her to get to know all the new kids so they'll have a little bit of a connect to the current team."

McAloose an AD again: FGCU's first fulltime athletic director, Carl McAloose, finally is back in the chair of a collegiate AD.

McAloose was at FGCU from 2000-2008, when he resigned in protest because the school settled a gender discrimination suit against his department. He began his duties at Division II Clayton State in Morrow, Ga., on June 4.

"It's been going well and I'm in the honeymoon phase," McAloose said. "Everybody's been doing things to help us out. My first week here couldn't have gone better. It's great being back in the seat of an AD. I feel very comfortable doing it, and I feel I'm good at it."

McAloose, who was honored by FGCU after his resignation for outstanding service and still has the school's spirit award named after him, has and will continue to run his successful Athletics Staffing and Consulting firm. He also spent short stints as an AD at Ida Baker High and as a part-owner of a Fort Myers Beef O'Brady's.

He's really glad to be back in the collegiate game.

"It's the first good thing that's happened in years," McAloose said. "Should've been doing this all along."